Psychology GCSE
Cognitive development
What Cognitive development means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cognitive development
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The development of thinking, including representational thinking, which Piaget argued must occur before language can develop.
Topics that use Cognitive development
- Language, thought and communication (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Cultural variations
- Displacement
- Language acquisition
- Linguistic determinism
- Non-verbal communication
- Theoretical evaluation
- Creativity
- Linguistic relativism
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